live up to

verb

1. meet the requirements or expectations of

Synonym: satisfyfulfillfulfil

1. 遵守（诺言）；符合，不辜负（期望）
If someone or something lives up to what they were expected to be, they are as good as they were expected to be.

e.g. Sales have not lived up to expectations this year...
今年的销售额不尽如人意。
e.g. Had he lived up to his promise, he would have made a fortune in sponsorship money.
要是他遵守了诺言的话，他本应该已经从赞助费中赚了一大笔钱了。

1. live up to的解释

1. 遵守：有荣誉感意味着行为有值得遵守(live up to)的标准. 为了实践这些标准,牺牲幸福乃至于生命也在所不惜. 而没有荣誉感,人们就会在生活中自定是非标准--而这一标准的确立往往是从个人利益出发(to one's own sdavantage). 这样,

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2. 无愧于;做到;符合：live through 经历过;度过;经受住 . | live up to 无愧于;做到;符合 . | live with 接受;忍受;承认 .

3. 符合：demote: 降职;降级 | live up to: 符合 | whereabouts: 下落;行踪

4. 不辜负(期望)：usher in 迎接,开创 | live up to 不辜负(期望) | have no choice but to (do sth.) 只得,不得不